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Airports and airlines are cool with heat waves

07/28/24

Extreme heat makes flying harder. Airlines and airports say they aren’t sweating it. (This is a slightly different version of a story we wrote for NBC News ) It’s been another summer of record-smashing temperatures and record-smashing air travel. Airports and airlines say they can handle both. U.S. airlines expect to carry 271 million passengers […]

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Extreme heat is changing travel patterns

07/07/24

[This is a slightly different version of a story we prepared for NBC News] Cathy Balestriere was expecting “especially low” bookings last month at Crane’s Beach House, the boutique hotel she manages in Delray Beach, Florida. Instead, they jumped 12% from the year before. “It feels like a miracle based on where we were sitting […]

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Airline waivers: Hurricanes Idalia + Franklin

08/29/23

Hurricane Idalia is expected to be a powerful and very dangerous Category 4 storm when it hits Florida early Wednesday. So if you are in the storm’s expected path, make plans and evacuate when advised to. The National Hurricane Center is also keeping tabs on Hurricane Franklin and Tropical Depression Eleven. Airports, airlines, the FAA, […]

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Hurricane Idalia

Airports & air quality + Fun Hotel contest

06/07/23

Here’s another thing to check before heading to a northeast airport right now: the air quality. Due to reduced visibility from wildfire smoke drifting down from Canada, on Wednesday, the FAA issued ground stops at New York City area airports. That, of course, created a ripple effect at other airports and is likely to continue […]

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Hurricane Ian Still Tormenting Travel

09/28/22

Hurricane Ian was downgraded to a Category 1 hurricane late Wednesday evening, but that doesn’t mean the travel woes that wild weather brings are ended. Early Thursday morning, FlightAware listed close to 2,000 flight cancellations within, into, or out of the United States. Not surprisingly, the airports with the most canceled flights were in Florida […]

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Airlines & Airports Brace for Hurricane Ian

09/26/22

Updated Tuesday, September 27, 2022 Hurricane Ian is causing airports to close and airlines to cancel flights and offer passengers travel waivers. Orlando International Airport (MCO) plans to stop commercial operations at 10:30 am on Wednesday, September 28, until it is safe to resume flights. Tampa International Airport (TPA) will suspend operations at 5 pm […]

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Airports brace for Tropical Storm Elsa

07/07/21

Tropical Storm Elsa is expected to make landfall in Florida on Wednesday. In advance of the storm, Tampa International Airport (TPA) closed on Tuesday afternoon and is reopening Wednesday, early than expected, at 8:30 am. “TPA’s Operations team made the determination to open early after evaluating the airfield and airport facilities for storm damage from […]

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Tropical Storm Elsa

Airlines offering heat waivers & banning pets from cargo

06/28/21

A heatwave in the Pacific Northwest and some other parts of the country is adding another challenge to air travel as we head into a holiday weekend. As a result, some airlines, including American Airlines and United Airlines, are offering fee-free travel waivers. And Alaska Airlines has put a ban on pets traveling as cargo […]

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Winter storm Xylia dumps snow, cancels flights

03/15/21

Winter won’t go away just yet. Winter storm Xylia wreaked havoc with roads and air traffic in the midwest over the weekend. More than two feet of snow fell at Denver International Airport as of 6 p.m. on Sunday evening. More than 2000 flights in and out of DEN were canceled over the weekend, with […]

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